Lisa Allegro – Partner at McCarthy Hansen, Toronto

Lisa Allegro

Partner

Lisa is a partner at McCarthy Hansen & Company LLP who advises clients on a wide range of financial and parenting issues.

Her financial practice includes matters involving high net worth clients with family-owned and closely held businesses, trusts, and estates. She also advises on complex and high-conflict parenting matters, including those involving criminal law issues.

Lisa brings a strong quantitative background to her practice. With training in chemical engineering and business, she takes a methodical approach to financial disclosure, corporate records, and expert valuation reports, and explains complex financial information in clear, practical terms. Her work frequently involves business and share valuation, calculating income for support purposes, trust and estate issues, and corporate ownership. Where appropriate, Lisa collaborates with business valuators and accountants to analyze the financial evidence and develop a sound strategy.

Lisa is regularly consulted to draft marriage contracts for high net worth clients for the purpose of protecting family wealth.

Lisa litigates at all levels of court in Ontario and also regularly supports clients in mediated negotiations.

Before family law, Lisa practised intellectual property law at a prominent Toronto law firm and then worked in a corporate setting. This experience gives her a broad range of legal and practical skills applicable to both the financial and parenting aspects of family law.

Lisa was called to the Ontario bar in 2006. She earned her J.D., M.B.A., and Bachelor of Applied Science (Chemical Engineering) from the University of Toronto. Lisa speaks regularly on professional panels and has previously been involved with the Ontario Bar Association and The Advocates’ Society. Lisa is a member of the Legal Aid Ontario panel.